Culinary utensil.



No.850y582. PATENTBDYAPR.:16,1907. M. 0, HORTON. CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1907.-

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N TED STATES:-

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. CULINARY UTENSIL- lea-850,582,.

Be it known that I, MARY C.- HORTON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Yloonsocket, 1n the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented useful Improvements in certain new and Culinary Utensils, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Like reference-letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the blade and handle. constituting one member of my improved culinary utensil. Fig. 2 is a perspective view'of the scoop and handle constituting'the other member of said utensil. Fig. 3 is an end elevation 'ofEsaid blade and handle as seen inits position for separating the roasted meat from the bottom of the pan. Fig. 4 is an end elevationof the utensil as seen when-its two members are in engagement with each other and cooperating to lift the roasted meat out of the pan. Fi s. 5 and 6 illustrate modified formsof the lade or cutter. v

My invention relates to kltchen utensils, and consists of a culinaryimplement for taking roasted fish,.fowl, or other meat out of a roasting-pan; and it consists of the novel construction and combination ofthe'sev eral" parts, as hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

This implementlis made of sheet metal and com rises two parts. One part.(shown separate y in Fig. 1) is a blade or cutter A, preferablyrectangu'ar in shape and provided on its rear edge with a handle B, which is riveted or soldered thereto or fastened in any suitab e manner. This handle maybe made of folded, rolled, or corrugated metal, 'so as to be rigid, firm, blade A has acutting edge a, and near to said "cutting 'edge and parallel, thereto the blade hasa concavo-convex straight groove b, formed therein from end-to end, the convex Ylurface extending upwardly. It also has a lurality of holes g. The other part of the lenient consists of a'scoop C, having two parallel edges c d at the back and front, respectively, and is transversely curved from end to end, as illustrated by the lines e It is provided with a handle D, secured in positiq'nat the center of the rear edge d and made like-the handle B of the blade A as 'to shape,

material, and mode of fastening, or in any i Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 16, 1907. Serial No- 352.578.

inserted in said rollto stiffen it.

meat M and the bottom of the pan and strong. T he- Patented April 1 1907.

- The forward edge 0 is bent up or over to form a roll, and a wire h may be should be of such diameter as to enable it to fit in the groove b of the blade-A, as shown in Fi 4.

The use of this implement isillustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.; In Fig. 3, P represents in a dotted linethe bottomof the roasting-pan.

M indicates a piece of meator a fish or fowl which has been roasted in the pan P in an oven. When-the pan containing the roast has been removed from the oven and it is desired-to remove the meat-from the panand to' transfer it to a platter for the table, it is first necessary to separate the bottom of the roasted piece from-the bottom of the pan in which it has been cooked; The piece M' has been more or less stuck to the bottom of'the an P during the cooking operation and the cutting-blade A is first used. The cutting which is sufficiently sharp for this.

edge a,

is inserted between the I and is pushed'forward by the handle B, and thus separates the meat from the pan wherever it adheres. Then by pressing down upon the handle B the implement becomes a lever Whose fulcrum is at as, Fig. 3, and the piece M is slightly elevated from the pan. The open side of the groove 6 is thus accessible, whereuppn the scoop C is inserted by means of its handle D beneath the ie'ce M and beneath the forward- (cutting) e ge of the bladeA until its wired round straight edgej'c enters and engages with the groove 1) of the blade A from end to end. Then by bringing the handles B D into the relative positions shown in Fig. 4 and grasping them firmly and raising them both at the same time the roasted piece M is wholly lifted out of the roasting-pan and transferred to the platter. The removal and transfer are thus accomplished Without the use of one or more forks, andtheroasted meat, which is usually tender by reason of the cooking, is not torn. or mutilated. This is especially important in the case, of a roasted fish or fowl. A roasted fish is flaky when cooked and easily broken when forks or knives are used in removing it from thepan to the platter. My improved utensil not only enables this removal and transfer, but

other referred manner. The scoop C has a plurality of holes 9 at intervals to adapt it as a strainer.

The roll 0' iece of' also allows a certain amount of'drip. Theinproper, relation to each other and prevented from slipping apart by means of the engagement of the head or round edge 0 of the scoop C with the groove 0 of the blade A; but it is obvlous that there are other means of engagement than that shown in the drawings.

In Figs. 5 and 6 modified forms of the blade are shown; but they embody the same .mechanical principle as that shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5 the cutting'edge is provided with saw-teeth m; InFig. 6 the blade instead of being flat is curved, as indicated at A.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent The improved culinary implement herein described, consisting of two parts, one part having a handle and a flat blademouiited thereon and provided with a cutting edge and a half-round, longitudinally-extending groove parallel and contiguous to said cutting edge, and the other part-having a handle and a transversely-curved scoop mounted thereon, \vlneh has a beaded, mred edge, which edge is insertlble 1n and engageable with said groove y In testimony-whereof I afhx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY C. HORT(")X.

'itnesses:

H. A. Coon, Mani'rna L. COOK. 

